Fabric

Fabric for GCC and GCC High Is Imminent September 28, 2026 Fabric, Microsoft’s data and analytics platform, is finally in public preview for US Government Community...more Protecting Power BI Premium Pricing During the Move to Fabric August 31, 2026 Power BI Premium P customers must move to Fabric F SKUs at the end of...more Fabric IQ: The Long Road to Smarter Data August 10, 2026 Fabric IQ enhances OneLake data with additional business context to help AI, agents, and other...more Cut Service Consumption Costs with Pre-Purchase Plans August 7, 2026 There are now four Pre-Purchase Plans that provide savings over PAYG on consumption-based services, such...more HDInsight Stagnates: Time to Migrate August 9, 2025 HDInsight’s future is looking bleak as Microsoft abandons a major upgrade and retires key security...more Power BI and Fabric Limiting User Levels: Consolidate Now  July 20, 2025 Microsoft is limiting the number of individual assignments in Power BI and Fabric workspaces. Administrators...more Copilot Now Available to Power BI Pro and Desktop Users July 8, 2025 Copilot for Power BI and Copilot for Fabric features are now available for most Power...more Databricks Gets More Azure-Entrenched with Extended Partnership June 30, 2025 Microsoft and Databricks have extended their strategic partnership and announced more Azure integrations. The extension...more Surge Protection Stabilizes Power BI, Fabric Performance, With Limits June 9, 2025 Surge protection is a Power BI and Fabric feature that reduces the chance of unexpected...more Power BI Premium Migration Tool Eases the Required Move to Fabric June 2, 2025 Commercial Power BI Premium P customers must migrate to Fabric at their next licensing renewal....more Fabric Improvements Focus on AI and Security Updated: May 19, 2025 The continuing stream of improvements to Fabric demonstrates Microsoft’s continued investment in, and prioritization of,...more Migrating SQL Data Warehouse to Fabric: Compatibility Matters Updated: April 6, 2025 Although they share a codebase, SQL Server and Fabric have differences that impact migration. SQL...more Migrating from Power BI Premium P to Fabric: Our Guidance March 10, 2025 Most Power BI Premium P customers must migrate to Fabric at their next licensing renewal....more Fabric Databases to be Enabled by Default as of March 8 Updated: February 8, 2025 Fabric databases will be enabled by default, customers wanting to opt-out must disable the option. Fabric Gains FedRAMP Certification for US GCC Customers Updated: December 23, 2024 Microsoft Fabric reached a major milestone by achieving FedRAMP High certification for US Government Community...more Fabric Direct Lake Simplifies OneLake Access for Traditional BI Users Updated: December 20, 2024 Fabric Direct Lake is a semantic data modeling option that helps traditional Microsoft BI customers...more